Historic churches · Central Scotland
Braid Church, 1, 1A Nile Grove, Morningside, Edinburgh
Braid Church, 1, 1A Nile Grove, Morningside, Edinburgh — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
Braid Church, 1, 1A Nile Grove, Morningside, Edinburgh is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB27655). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.
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Heritage listing
Category B Date Added 14/12/1970 Local Authority Edinburgh Planning Authority Edinburgh Burgh Edinburgh NGR NT 24596 71051 Coordinates 324596, 671051 — George Washington Browne, 1886. Octagonal church with central bellcote and Italian Renaissance details, set diagonally to street corner, church halls to N. Squared and snecked red sandstone rubble, cream ashlar dressings. Principal ground floor windows with chamfered or rounded arrises; corniced 1st floor windows (some architraved); eaves cornice. SW (FRONT) ELEVATION: pedimented ashlar front with semi-circular portico on coupled red sandstone Roman Ionic columns, dentilled cornice and balustraded parapet, architraved entrance surround with pilasters dividing 3 panelled doors. Large moulded Venetian window with egg and dart cornice above framed by flat pilasters; heavily coped pediment with louvred and pedimented arrowslit window. Stair towers and ashlar bell towers flanking. Bell towers with large round-arched and keystoned ashlar birdcage bellcotes with finialled pyramidal stone roofs. Small semi-circular stair towers flanking with rubble base, single windows to ashlar stairhead and half-conical finialled roofs. SE ELEVATION: 3 faces of octagon; cill course at 1st floor; centre face breaking eaves and pedimented over corniced Venetian window flanked by pilasters of banded rubble; tripartite windows to flanking faces; bipartite window at ground floor to left. NW ELEVATION: as SE elevation. NE (REAR) ELEVATION: blank rectangular organ chamber. CHURCH HALLS: 2 halls set obliquely to N and linked to church through passage to NW; small single storey rubble hall with ashlar gable to W and piend roof; 2 bipartite windows divided by flat pilasters; tall pedimented centre bay with angle pilasters; decorative galleried ventilato
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Place summary
Braid Church is located at 1, 1A Nile Grove in Morningside, Edinburgh, central Scotland. This building is designated as a category B listed structure, recognising its architectural and historical significance.
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- Coordinates
- 55.9266, -3.2083
- District
- City of Edinburgh
- Postcode
- EH10 4RD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Edinburgh South
- Established
- 1886
Sources
- wikidata: Q17811851 (CC0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Braid Church, 1, 1A Nile Grove, Morningside, Edinburgh?
- Braid Church, 1, 1A Nile Grove, Morningside, Edinburgh is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode EH10 4RD).
- Is Braid Church, 1, 1A Nile Grove, Morningside, Edinburgh a listed building?
- Braid Church, 1, 1A Nile Grove, Morningside, Edinburgh is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- Is Braid Church, 1, 1A Nile Grove, Morningside, Edinburgh free to visit?
- Yes, Braid Church, 1, 1A Nile Grove, Morningside, Edinburgh is free to enter.
- How do I get to Braid Church, 1, 1A Nile Grove, Morningside, Edinburgh?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EH10 4RD. It sits within the Edinburgh South parliamentary constituency.